William W. Venable

William W. Venable

William Webb Venable (born September 25, 1880 in Clinton , Mississippi , † August 2, 1948 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1916 and 1921 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In his youth, William Venable moved to Memphis , Tennessee with his parents . But he returned to Clinton in 1891, where he attended public and private schools. In 1898 he graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton. After that he was at the University of Mississippi at Oxford until 1899 . After studying law at Cumberland University in Lebanon (Tennessee) and being admitted to the bar in 1905, he began to work in this profession in Meridian . Between 1910 and 1915, Venable was a district attorney in Lauderdale County . Between 1915 and 1916 he served as a judge in the 10th Judicial District.

Venable was a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of Congressman Samuel Andrew Witherspoon , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election in the fifth district of Mississippi . After he was confirmed in office in the following two regular congressional elections, Venable could remain in Congress between January 4, 1916 and March 3, 1921 . During this time, the American participation in World War I , the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage and the passage of the prohibition law fell .

After he was no longer nominated for the 1920 elections by his party, Venable worked again as a lawyer. He did not hold any other political offices until his death in 1948, but was president of the Mississippi Bar Association.

Web links

• William W. Venable in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William W. Venable in the database of Find a Grave (English)